New chemicals causing concern at CleanUp 2011 Conference
12 September, 2011
Leading scientists will discuss concerns about the impact on human health and the environment from emerging conaminants at the CleanUp 2011 Conference in Adelaide.
The Australian Innovation Challenge Awards
09 September, 2011
The Australian Innovation Challenge Awards aim to find Australia’s next big inventions in fields ranging from clean energy technology to agriculture to astronomy. Online entries close at midnight (AEST) on Wednesday 28 September.
IRL helps boost business R&D
08 September, 2011
More than 30 companies from industries as diverse as seafood, electronics, engineering and recycling have been accepted into the IRL Scientist for a Day Program aimed at helping companies across New Zealand transform their businesses.
Come by ComBio
05 September, 2011
The ASBMB, ASPS and ANZSCDB are holding their joint annual conference from 25-29 September at the Cairns Convention Centre in North Queensland - and everyone’s invited.
R&D tax incentive set to support Australian businesses
02 September, 2011
Information sessions will be held to learn about the new government R&D tax incentive for businesses.
Australian Institute of Nanoscience to be built
02 September, 2011
A donation from an Australian businessman has enabled the Australian Institute of Nanoscience to be built.
World Metrology Day awards
02 September, 2011
The mysteries of aluminium will be revealed in a seminar at the World Metrology Day awards presentation.
PR: World Metrology Day awards
02 September, 2011
The mysteries of aluminium will be revealed in a seminar at the World Metrology Day awards presentation.
Increasing demand for temporary positions in the scientific sector predicted
31 August, 2011
There will be an increasing demand for temporary workers in the scientific industry, according to Kelly Scientific Resources.
TGen selected as Centre of Innovation
30 August, 2011
The Center for Proteomics at the Translational Genomics Research Institute is selected as a Waters Center of Innovation and recognises Dr Konstantinos Petritis and his team for research excellence.
R&D tax credit wins support
26 August, 2011
The R&D tax credit has been passed in Parliament to help businesses in every sector of the Australian economy transform and invest in the future.
A call for ideas for The Australian Innovation Challenge
24 August, 2011
The Australian Innovation Challenge is now open to both individuals and teams in a range of professional categories and one general public category.
Earthquake engineer Dr Bill Robinson is honoured
22 August, 2011
Renowned earthquake engineer's passing a great loss to science community.
UWA and Agilent to create plant protein monitoring database
18 August, 2011
The University of Western Australia (UWA) and Agilent Technologies have announced that the Australian Research Centre’s Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, located in UWA, will use Agilent’s informatics systems in its research to build the world’s first plant protein monitoring database.
Desalination work finalist at Eureka awards
16 August, 2011
A new kind of material that could be used to make the desalination of seawater much cheaper has made Associate Professor Ben Corry a finalist.